Kito, Ian, and Daniel cover new releases from Oracle, PrimeFaces, RichFaces, Hibernate, Spring, Apache, and more. They also discuss AngularJS 2.0’s decision to use TypeScript, Microsoft dropping IE, and testing with Selenium and Geb.

Correction: PrimeFaces Sentinel Layout + Theme pricing is $79 (basic) and $479 (extended); Theme only pricing is $49 / $249.

UI Tier Oracle MAF 2.1

PrimeFaces Sentinel Premium Theme

PrimeFaces Elite 5.1.14 and 5.0.18 Released

AngularJS 2.0: Built on TypeScript

TypeScript Loves AngularJS

RichFaces 4.5.3 Released

FaceBook Open Sources React Framework

Microsoft to discontinue IE

Persistence Tier Hibernate Search 5.1 Released

Hibernate Search 5.1.1 Released

Hibernate JPQL Bug Fixes and Hibernate OGM 4.1.2

Apache Jena 2.13.0 release, with features Elephas and Fuseki2.

Apache Camel 2.15.0 released

Services (Middleware & Microservices) Tier Spring Cloud 1.0

Spring Security 4.0.0 Released

Spring Security and Single-Page Applications with AngularJS

Spring Framework 4.1.6 released

Spring Security Kerberos 1.0.0.RC1 Released

Misc Java SE 7U75 / 7U76 Now Available

Java SE 8u31 Now Available

Java SE 8u40 Now Available

Oracle Java SE Embedded 8u33

metrics-clojure 2.5.0 is released

Discussion Testing with Selenium WebDriver and Geb.

Events No Fluff Just Stuff * St. Louis, MO + Apr 10 - 11 * Reston, VA + April 17 - 19, 2015 * Columbus, OH + May 1 - 3, 2015 * Dallas, TX + May 29 - 31, 2015 * Salt Lake City + June 5 - 6, 2015 * Gradle Summit + June 11 - 12, 2015 * Philadelphia Emerging Tech - Philadelphia, PA + April 7-8, 2015 * Clojure West - Portland OR, USA + April 20-22, 2015 * Devoxx UK - London, UK + Jun 17-19th * Devoxx Poland - Krakow, Poland + Jun 22-24, 2015